The Shabinsky Family Foundation
Private foundation · Ottawa, Ontario · BN 857416739RR0001 · Foundations
Source: T3010 return, FPE 2024-12-31. Split of total expenditures ($404,257) as filed with the CRA.
The Shabinsky Family Foundation is a private foundation based in Ottawa, Ontario, classified by the CRA under foundations. In its fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, it reported $449K in revenue and $404K in expenditures.
Its funding that year was roughly 101% from donations.
Compared with 2,689 grantmaking charities of similar size, its share of spending on mission — charitable programs plus grants to other charities — ranked above 85% of peers.
As a grantmaker, it reported gifts to 19 qualified donees totalling $401K in 2024, the largest being $100K to The Ottawa Hospital Foundation/la Fondation de l'Hopital d'Ottawa. Its filed list of directors and trustees shows 6 names.
In its own words
The purpose of the foundation is to receive funds and contributions without any public appeal for funds and assist charitable organizations and foundation in canada.
Ongoing-program description from its T3010 filing, verbatim.
The ledger, 2020–2024
| Year | Revenue | Spending | Programs | Fundraising | Gifts out | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $449K | $404K | — | — | $401K | $43K |
| 2023 | $522K | $521K | — | — | $519K | -$1,378 |
| 2022 | $390K | $427K | — | — | $424K | -$1,815 |
| 2021 | $362K | $376K | $8,250 | — | $366K | $35K |
| 2020 | $438K | $401K | $2,500 | — | $396K | $50K |
Revenue printed in red where the year ran a deficit. Fiscal years by period end.
Money between charities, 2024
Granted $401K to 19 qualified donees:
- The Ottawa Hospital Foundation/la Fondation de l'Hopital d'Ottawa$100K
- Jewish Federation of Ottawa$100K
- Chabad Student Network of Ottawa$54K
- Ronald McDonald House Ottawa / Maison Ronald McDonald Ottawa$40K
- Chabad Student Network of Ottawa$36K
- Chabad of Centrepointe$18K
- Israel Magen Fund of Canada$10K
- University of Ottawa$6,250
- Hillel Lodge Long-Term CARE Foundation (ottawa) la Fondation des Soins de Longue Durée Hillel Lodge (ottawa)$5,400
- Ottawa Torah Centre$5,400
- Congregation Machzikei Hadas$5,000
- Synagogue and Jewish Community Centre of Ottawa$5,000
- Fondation de l'Hopital Montfort$5,000
- Prime Quadrant Foundation$4,000
- The Centre for Holocaust Education and Scholarship (CHES)$1,800
- Federation Cja$1,800
- The Jewish Youth Library of Ottawa$1,800
- The Auxiliary of Hillel Lodge$1,000
- Circle F Horse Rescue Society$1,000
As reported on the donors’ own T3010 qualified-donee schedules.
Directors & trustees (2024)
Sol Shabinsky (director); Laya Shabinsky (director); Mark Shabinsky (director); Ian Shabinsky (director); Margo Shabinsky-Sherman (director); Andrea Shabinsky-Borer (director).
As listed on its 2024 return.
Check the source
Every figure on this page is from The Shabinsky Family Foundation’s own T3010 filings, published by the Canada Revenue Agency. Verify against the CRA’s charities listing (search BN 857416739RR0001), or read how we compute the receipt.